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Swiss abroad increase in number

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 At the end of December 2010, there were 695,101 Swiss citizens living abroad. That is 10,127 people – or 1.5 per cent more – than the year before. The Swiss foreign ministry attributes this increase to dual nationals who acquired Swiss citizenship either by birth or naturalisation. In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry…

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Swiss await ban on “underage” prostitution

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 The 74-year-old Italian premier was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial on charges he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex and for misuse of influence. The trial is scheduled for April 6. The indictment alleges Berlusconi paid for sex with the Moroccan girl, nicknamed Ruby, then used his influence to get her out of police…

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Training top climbers

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 Maybe they’ll follow in the path of Ueli Steck, one of the best extreme solo climbers in the world. But maybe they’ll just become professional climbing and mountaineering tour organizers, and they’ll still have fulfilled their dream. (SF-swissinfo.ch)

Jodlerquartett Sichleblick Eriz: Zämecho

This content was published on Feb 17, 2011 E Hüehnergschicht. Yodel song. Jodlerquartett Sichleblick

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Ex-banker turned whistle-blower remains in jail

This content was published on Feb 16, 2011 Elmer was taken into custody by police on January 19 after handing over computer discs to Wikileaks two days earlier. The former Julius Baer banker indicated the CDs contained details of as many as 2,000 offshore bank accounts. “The Court of Appeals of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the appeal of Rudolf Elmer against the decision…

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Taser use sanctioned by government

This content was published on Feb 16, 2011 In a reply to parliament, the government said however that the stun guns should only be used after weighing up the benefits and risks. Tasers have been part of the arsenal of most of Switzerland’s cantonal police forces since 2003, and of the federal border police since 2009. The government report issued on Wednesday said…

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“Ski hopes are sometimes far from reality”

This content was published on Feb 16, 2011 The technical races are still to come at the weekend, but by Wednesday Didier Cuche was the only Swiss to have won a podium place, with a silver in the downhill. swissinfo.ch spoke to Urs Lehmann, president of the Swiss Ski Federation about the championships, and about the challenges facing the Federation, including its problems…

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Giving Mongolians a linguistic stepping stone

This content was published on Feb 16, 2011 Fahrni has just a few days to comb through the masses of English and German school textbooks and novels before they go onto the 40-foot container she ships every year to the developing Asian nation. The Swiss-American dual national has been collecting books from Switzerland for the past 12 years. Over 310,000 copies have since…

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That was then…

This content was published on Feb 16, 2011 Steiner had a broad range as a photographer, taking many portraits of figures in public life. Commissioned by the state, he put together an album of Switzerand for Haile Selassie in 1954. He also worked as a press photographer for various publications, covering the Eiger North Face ascent in 1938. (Hans Steiner/Musée de l’Elysée)

Freda Goodlett: Return Of The Black Pearl

This content was published on Feb 15, 2011 Take The Load Freda Goodlett

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